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Exporting a PDF - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign 2025 Essential Training
Exporting a PDF
- [Instructor] If you want to send a proof of your file to a client, you'll likely send them a PDF. If you want to send a finished document to a printer, you should probably send them a PDF, so it's crucially important that you be able to create robust PDF documents from InDesign. To make a PDF, all you have to do is go to the File menu and choose Export. Then from the Format popup menu, you have to choose between two different PDF formats, PDF Interactive or PDF Print. The interactive option should only be used if your document has movies or form fields or buttons or something like that. For the vast majority of PDF files that you make, you should choose the Adobe PDF Print option. That's the better choice. Even if you're using hyperlinks and bookmarks, use Adobe PDF Print. Now, when you click Save, you're going to get a whole bunch of options, but before we get into some of the options here, I recommend that everybody start by choosing one of the Adobe PDF presets up here at the…
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